¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor [Pilate], and the governor asked Him, Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus said to him, You have stated [the fact].

¹² But when the charges were made against Him by the chief priests and elders, He made no answer.^(A)

¹³ Then Pilate said to Him, Do You not hear how many and how serious are the things they are testifying against You?

¹⁴ But He made no reply to him, not even to a single accusation, so that the governor marveled greatly.

¹⁵ Now at the Feast [of the Passover] the governor was in the habit of setting free for the people any one prisoner whom they chose.

¹⁶ And at that time they had a notorious prisoner whose name was Barabbas.

¹⁷ So when they had assembled for this purpose, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to set free for you, Barabbas, or Jesus Who is called Christ?

¹⁸ For he knew that it was because of envy that they had handed Him over to him.

¹⁹ Also, while he was seated on the judgment bench, his wife sent him a message, saying, Have nothing to do with that just and upright Man, for I have had a painful experience today in a dream because of Him.

²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders prevailed on the people to ask for Barabbas, and put Jesus to death.

²¹ Again the governor said to them, Which of the two do you wish me to release for you? And they said, Barabbas!

²² Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with Jesus Who is called Christ?

²³ They all replied, Let Him be crucified! And he said, Why? What has He done that is evil? But they shouted all the louder, Let Him be crucified!

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but rather that a riot was about to break out, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, I am not guilty of nor responsible for this ^[a]righteous Man’s blood; see to it yourselves.^(B)

²⁵ And all the people answered, Let His blood be on us and on our children!^(C)

3 If a man’s offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.

² He shall lay [both] his ^[a]hands upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw the blood against the altar round about.

³ And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, he shall offer the fat that covers and is upon the entrails,

⁴ And the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys.

⁵ Aaron’s sons shall burn it all on the altar upon the burnt offering which is on the wood on the fire, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord.

⁶ If his peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

⁷ If he offers a lamb, then he shall offer it before the Lord.

⁸ He shall lay [both] his hands on the head of his offering and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall throw its blood around against the altar.

⁹ And he shall offer from the peace offering as an offering made by fire to the Lord: the fat of it, the fat tail as a whole, taking it off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers and is upon the entrails,

¹⁰ And the two kidneys, and the fat on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys.

¹¹ The priest shall burn it upon the altar, a food offering made by fire to the Lord.

¹² If [a man’s] offering is a goat, he shall offer it before the Lord,

¹³ And lay his hands upon its head, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the altar round about.

¹⁴ Then he shall offer from it as his offering made by fire to the Lord: the fat that covers and is on the entrails,

¹⁵ And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys.

¹⁶ The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, offered by fire, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance. All the fat is the Lord’s.

¹⁷ It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.